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Rough Sleeper Support Worker

Employer
Barnet Homes - Part of The Barnet Group
Location
Colindale, London (Greater)
Salary
£29,083
Closing date
22 Sep 2021

Job Details

Job Title: Rough Sleeper Support Worker

Location: Colindale

Salary:     £29,083 per annum
Term
:       Fixed to March 2022

Hours:     37.5 per week

The Barnet Group is currently seeking to recruit a Rough Sleeper Support Worker with knowledge of Street Outreach and/or support work with vulnerable clients. The role will report into the Rough Sleeper Coordinator and will work closely with colleagues across Housing Options and partner agencies. The role is central to our aim to reduce rough sleeping in Barnet.

The Rough Sleeper Support Worker role is to identify and locate rough sleepers in Barnet and provide outreach support to enable them to move off the streets and into accommodation suited to their immediate needs.

To work with rough sleepers in Barnet and provide floating support and financial assistance to help them engage with specialist services such as mental health and substance misuse, with the overall aim of sustaining them in temporary accommodation before moving them on into more settled accommodation. 

We are looking for someone with extensive experience of working effectively with vulnerable people experiencing complex issues in a front-line housing or social care role and worked collaboratively with a range of services to identify and implement solutions that achieve positive outcomes for clients.

Closing date:    Wednesday, 22 September 2021                 

Interview date:  TBC               

Benefits:

You will receive a Flexible benefit allowance of 5% of your base salary. Flexible benefits are hosted by AON and will allow you to choose from a variety of benefits.

Company

The Barnet Group is a local authority trading company created in February 2012. We are owned by Barnet Council.

We employ approximately 1,000 members of staff in a wide range of roles; from care workers to plumbers and carpenters. We also have many office-based roles for our ever-growing organisation. We are a London Living Wage employer, and pride ourselves on our equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as the opportunities we provide for staff growth and development.

We are the parent company to:

  • Barnet Homes – this manages the borough’s 15,000 council homes on behalf of Barnet Council. It also works to prevent homelessness and allocates homes to social housing applicants
  • Opendoor Homes – a subsidiary of Barnet Homes which gained Registered Provider status from the Homes and Communities Agency in 2016. Opendoor is developing an initial 320 new homes in the borough, and has ambitions to build many more. It is also purchasing homes on the open market for affordable rent.
  • Bumblebee – an online estate agent providing quality bespoke property services to landlords and tenants, throughout Barnet and the surrounding areas.
  • TBG Flex – a company for the recruitment and employment of new staff.
  • Your Choice Barnet – an adult social care company that provides day services, respite centres, extra care schemes and care homes to adults with learning and physical disabilities, older adults and adults with additional care needs.

Our mission is to make a real difference to every customer.

We also offer services to the wider community. These include a let2barnet lettings service for private landlords, and BOOST, an employment and training support service.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0208 359 2798
Location
The Barnet Group
2 Bristol Avenue
Colindale
London
United Kingdom
NW9 4EW
GB

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